Anchor for railway-rails.



PATENTED APR. 18, 1905.

B. P. BEGKMAN.

ANCHOR FOR RAILWAY RAILS.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. 21, 1906.

5 W/gAZSSES: %W M ATTORNEY Patented April 18, 1905.

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BURCHARI) FREDRICK BEGKHAN, OF REDOAK, IOWA.

ANCHOR FOR RAILWAY-RAILS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Paten N0. 787,871, dated April 18, 1905.

Application filed February 21, 1905. Serial No 246,672.

Be it known that I, BURCIIARI) FREDRICK Bncmnw. a citizen of the United States, residing at Redoak, in the county of Montgomery and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Anchors for Iiailwayhails, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to means to prevent the creeping of railway-rails endwise on the ties; and it consists of a pair of clamps of a longitudinal dimension less than their vertical dimension and adapted to be applied to opposite edges of the lower flanges of a railway-rail, each of their lower ends being extended down to engage a side of a railwaytie and being held out of engagement with each other; also, of other features in the details of construction and arrangement of parts set forth in this specification and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specilication, Figure I is a perspective showing an anchor which embodies my invention applied to a railway rail and tie. Fig. 2 is a vertical crosssection view showing a cross-section of one of the anchorpieces and a side view of the other. Fig. 3 is a front or outside view of one of the anchorpieces. Fig. at is a horizontal section on line at t of Fig. 2 with dotted lines showing the :uljustnients necessary to adapt the anchor to rails placed obliquely on the ties. Fig. 5 is a perspecaive showing an anchor applied to each of the track-rails and connected together with a bolt to regulate the gage of the rails.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a iailway-rail, and B oneot the ties upon which the rail is placed.

C represents a pair of clamps which are adjusted upon the lower flange of the rail and are held in position thereon by a bolt 1). will be seen that the clamp C consists, essentially. of two jaws E, which are connected together near their centers by a central web or part F, which contains a hole for the bolt I), and their lower ends are connected together by a web (i. 'It will also be seen that the vertical dimension of the clamp C is greater than its longitudinal dimension, which enables it to be readily inserted between ties not far apart and when applied to the lower web of the rail to have its lower end come in I contact with the tie near or below its center.

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To make the anchor take a more solid hold on thecentor of the tie and to eli'cctually prevent it from slipping up over the rounded edge of a tie, (and many of them have rounded edges,) I. project out the sides II and set them at a slight angle from the upper ends of the clamp, so that the extreme lower ends will lirst come in contact with the side of the tie. By this means they will take a good solid hold on the tie and cannot by any possibility slip up over its edge. This construction also helps to make the clamp take a lirmer grip on the liange of the rail. Its pressure against the tie being applied the width ofthe clamp or more than the width of the clamp below the jaws which grip the flange of the rail, it brings a leverage to bear on the grip of thcjaws, which makes them hold much more iirmly than it' the pressure was applied ncarer to or immediately below the jaws. In the latter event the pressure would tend to simply slide the jaws along the liange of the rail instead of causing them to take a bite or kinking grip on the llange ot' the rail, as my construction does. l urthermore, thejaws being made in two parts It tends to make them take a more secure bite on the flange ot' the rail than it' they were made of one continuous piece. Also the lower ends being held out of engagement with each other and the jaws taking but a short grip on the flange of the rail instead of bcingextended most, if not all, the way across its under side makes the grip more secure and less liable to slip on the flange. The bolt I) being drawn up tightly makes the jaws kink or bite into the flange of the rail, which they would notdo it'the lower ends of the clamps were brought into contact with each other or it the lower parts of the jaws were extended substantially along the under side of the rail.

One clamp is a duplicate of the other, and both of the sides II are made alike, so that the clamps will lit any place they are put without regard to rights or lofts. The hole in the part F through which the bolt I) passes is made oblong on its innner side, its greatest width being longitudinally with the flange of the rail A. By this means the clamps C can be placed obliquely on the flange of the rail, as shown in Fig. 4, so that both the clamps may be brought into contact with the edgeof the tie when the rail is placed obliquely upon it. In Fig. e the dotted lines I represent the edges of the flange of the rail, and J one edge of the tie.

If desired, my anchors can also be used to hold the rails in gage with each other by using a bolt K with extended threads on each end and four burs L, as shown in Fig. 5, in place of two bolts D. The bolt K, which is shown broken away in the center, has to be long enough to reach across from one rail to the other, and by adjusting the burs L the clamps can be drawn up tight on the rail and the gage of the rails can be adjusted to the smallest fraction of an inch.

It is preferable to use nut-locks under the burs of the bolts. These may be of any suitable construction, but preferably cylindrical in shape, and to accommodate nut-locks of this shape I cut recesses on the insides of the ribs adjoining the hole in the part F, as shown in Fig. 3. The heads of the bolts D will generally be the proper size to catch against the corners on the ribs adjoining these recesses and be held from turning while the burs of the bolts are being tightened up.

WVhat I claim is 1. In rail-anchors, a pair 0 t' clamps of a longitudinal dimension less than their vertical dimension and adapted to be applied to the opposite edges of the lower flange of a railwayrail, each of their lower ends being extended down to engage a side of a railway-tie and being held out of engagement with each other, and means to draw and hold the clamps together.

2. In rail-anchors, a pair of clamps of a longitudinal dimension less than their vertical dimension and adapted to be applied to the opposite edges of the lower flange of a railwayrail, each of their lower ends being extended down and widened out to engage a side of a railway-tie near its center, said clamps being held out of engagement with each other, and means to draw and hold the clamps together.

3. In rail-anchors, a pair of clamps of a longitudinal dimension less than their vertical dimension and adapted to be applied to the opposite edges of the lower flange of a railwayrail, each of their lower ends being extended down and inclined out so their lower corners will first engage a side of a railway-tie, said clamps being held out of engagement with each other, and means to draw and hold said clainps in engagement with the flanges of the nu 4. In rail-anchors, a pair of clamps each having a pair of jaws adapted to engage the opposite edges of the lower flange of a railwayrail and their lower ends to abut against a side of a railway-tie, central connecting parts having holes for a bolt, a lower web to connect the lower ends together, and a bolt to hold the clamps together.

5. In rail-anchors, a pair of clamps each having a pair of jaws adapted to engage the opposite edges of the lower flange of a railwayrail and their lower ends to abut against a side of a railway-tie, central connecting parts having holes for a bolt, the lower ends being widened out toward the side of the tie and connected together by a horizontally-disposed web, and a bolt to hold the clamps together.

6. In rail-anchors, a pair of clamps each having a pair of jaws adapted to engage the opposite edges of the lower flange of a railwayrail and their lower ends to abut against a side of a railway-tie, central connecting parts having holes for a bolt, the lower ends being in- 85 clined so as to bring them toward the side of the tie, a horizontally-disposed web to connect said lower ends together and a bolt to hold the clamps together.

7. In the construction of rail-anchors, a clamp having its lower or abutting end made wider than its upper or clamping end, said widened end being extended out substantially equal distances on each side from the vertical center of the clamp.

8. In the construction of rail-anchors, a clamp having its abutting edges extended out by inclines toward its lower end, said extensions being approximately equal distances from the vertical center of the clamp.

9. In the construction of rail-anchors consisting of a pair of clamps having upper clamping ends and lower abutting ends, a central hole for a bolt having its longitudinal sides tapered or made oblong so as to permit 10 5 the setting of the clamps obliquely upon the rail.

10. In combination a pair of railway-anchors consisting of two pairs of clamps adjusted upon the lower flanges of adjacent rails I 10 of a railway-track, and a bolt passed through said clamps and having threads on each end, and burs mounted upon said thread so to hold said clamps upon said flanges and to ad just the gage of the rails substantially as de- I 5 scribed.

BURCHARD FREDRICK BECKMAN. Witnesses:

WM. PETERSON, J. C. HAYES. 

